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perhaps the most important part of their duty to report all persons in their district who are of no fixed occupation and dangerous to the peace and good order of the Colony. The Registrar-General finds them indispensable in making enquiries regarding the various matters referred to him for report.
13.
Statements of Receipts and Expenditure of the District Watchmen's Fund have been published in the Gazette since 1879, whilst since 1891 the Annual Statement of Account has been attached to the Registrar-General's Annual Report, and the Report itself always contains some reference to the Force.
14.
Appointments to the District Watchmen Committee are for a term of years and are made by the Governor on the recommendation of the Registrar-General. It consists at present of 12 members, of whom two are the Chinese members of Council and two are Chinese members of the Sanitary Board. The eight remaining members are representative business men and owners of property. This Committee is in fact of the nature of an Advisory Board, such as is in existence in Singapore, and is of great assistance to the Registrar-General by its advice not only on affairs connected with the District Watchmen Force but on many other matters that concern the Chinese Community.
(sd.) A. W. Brewin,
Registrar-General.
16th April, 1904.
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perhaps the most important part of their duty to report ail persons in their district who are of no fixed occupation and dangerous to the peace and good order of the Colony. The Re- gistrar-General finds them indispensable in making enquiries regarding the various matters referred to him for report.
13.
Statements of Receipts and Expenditure of the District Watchren's Fund have been published in the Gazette since 1879 whilst since 1891 the Annual Statement of Account has been at- tached to the Registrar-General's Annual Report, and the Report itself always contains some reference to the Force.
14.
Appointments to the District Watchmen Committee are for
a term of years and are made by the Governor on the recommenda- tion of the Registrar-General. It consists at present of 12 members of whom two are the Chinese members of Council and two are Chinese members of the Sanitary Board. The eight remaining members are representative business men and owners of property. This Committee is in fact of the nature of an Advisory Board such as is in existence in Singapore and is of great assistance to the Registrar-General by its advice not only on affairs con- nected with the District Watchmen Force but on many other mat-
ters that concern the Chinese Community.
(sd.) A. W. Brewin,
Registrar-General.
16th. April, 1904.
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